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CVE-2021-38978

MEDIUM
Published 2021-11-15T15:35:36.823539Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
5.9
/10
CVSS:3.0/UI:N/C:H/AV:N/A:N/S:U/I:N/PR:N/AC:H/RL:O/RC:C/E:U
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.242
Higher than 24.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 212783.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

IBM

Security Key Lifecycle Manager

Affected Versions:

3.0 3.0.1 4.0 3.0.0.4 3.0.1.5 4.0.0.3 4.1 4.1.0.1 4.1.1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-gc2m-hxrp-9gpg

Advisory Details

IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, and 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-Force ID: 212783.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38978
WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212783
WEB https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516050

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: June 29, 2022

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6516050
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/212783
Published: 2021-11-15T15:35:36.823539Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T02:36:34.690Z
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